Yvonne Rainer, Fling (from Some Parts of Some Sextets), 1965

Yves Klein, Leap into the Void 1960© Yves Klein, ADAGP, Paris, Photo: Shunk–Kender © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

Yasumasa Morimura, A Requiem: Theater of Creativity/Self-Portrait as Yves Klein2010, Gelatin silver print on paper, 1200 x 900mm© Yasumasa Morimura, courtesy Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, and Yoshiko Isshiki Office, Tokyo

everyartisthasabday:

Sculptor Eva Hesse (born today in 1936) passed away at only 34 from a brain tumor. Days after her death, good friend and artist Sol LeWitt created Wall Drawing 46 (above, right) in honor of Hesse. LeWitt, know at the time for graphite linear drawings, incorporated the image of hanging strings in #46 – for the first time gravitating away from the straight line and forever commemorating Hesse.

(Vinculum 2, Hesse and Wall Drawing 46, Lewitt)